I love being out and about, and I love to take photos whilst I'm doing it. The other day I was scratching my head because I couldn't get a shot I'd taken onto Instagram, Joe (my 14 year son) said here, do this, that and press this and there you go.Read More

This was my first show as a member of the 'Press', it sounds very grand but it's not really. The one thing I did notice though, the reps on the stand who normally jump on you and try to get you to buy this and that, would subtly clock your lanyard and leave you alone.Read More

I don't know about you but I seem to find that I can just keep spending and spending on camping equipment. Just when I think that I have everything I could need, I find that I'm still missing that one extra little thing that I just have to have. There are necessities of course, then there are the gadgets and the things that I really need to think carefully about how I am going to get this purchase past my wife!Read More

OK so I know what you are thinking, Ian’s going walking, we are going to get blog posts from the top of Scar Fell or from the middle of a moor. Well sorry to disappoint, but no, I do walk about a bit, but generally it’s in the direction of a coffee shop. I’m kidding of course I’m not that bad, but I’m not writing this to tell you about my fitness. I’ve bought myself a pair of Hi Gear walking shoes from Go Outdoors (£20 with your discount card, retail price £35). Looking them over before I put themRead More

As soon as the weather starts to pick up… haha… who am I kidding! Let’s rephrase that, as soon as the first school holidays roll in, that’s appears to be the perfect time to dig out your old tent and sell it. People will buy second hand tents. Ian BlackfordBy day I used to be a self employed website developer running my company www.designconscious.co.uk but now I have flipped my career on it’s head and I have retrained as a caravan engineer servicing caravans and motorhomes. I can be found at Telford Caravan Services I am also the author ofRead More

We are a family of four, so you might be wondering why we have just bought an eight berth Berghaus Air 8 tent. Well we like space... actually scratch that... I LIKE SPACE and I hate to be tripping over shoes, bags, tables, chairs and all the other paraphernalia that you take with you camping.Read More

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Make Camp is a blog written by website developer Ian Blackford about all things camping. Ian, his wife and two children were often seen in their white N Reg Mazda Bongo (but now can be seen in their Land Rover Discovery 3 with ‘Stan-the-van’ in tow) zooming down the M5 to Devon or Cornwall.

Ian realised that camping creates some eventful, infuriating, glorious, memorable but most of all happy times and he thought he really ought to write about it.